Frydenlund is a historic house near

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north of

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History

The royal pavilion

The first structure at the site was a hunting lodge built just north of the royal deer park

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which was established in 1670. It was acquired by

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in the 1680s. Originally from

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, he now lived at

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and gave the pavilion the name Freudenlund. After his death, the property was passed on to his daughter, Anne Sophie, who married King Frederick IV

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in 1712. From 1722 to 1726, after their second marriage in 1721, which gave Anne Sophie status of queen, court architect

Johan Cornelius Krieger Johan Cornelius Krieger (1683–1755) was a Danish architect and landscape architect, who from the 1720s served as both the country's chief architect, and head of the royal gardens. Krieger oversaw the construction of Fredensborg Palace and its g ...

carried out an expansion of Frydenlund. Frydenlund Slot - tegning

In the first half of the 1740s, the house was put at the disposal of General

Charles Christian Erdmann, Duke of Württemberg-Oels Karl Christian Erdmann of Württemberg-Oels (26 October 1716 in Wilhelminenort near Bernstadt – 14 December 1792 in Oels) was ruling duke of Württemberg-Oels and Bernstadt. He was the only son of Christian Ulrich II, Duke of Württemberg-W ...

along with the Württemberg Mansion in Copenhagen (now Lerches Gård). King

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refurbished the house and gave it to Crown Prince

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in 1760. In connection with their marriage in 1764, he gave Frydendal to Queen

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. It was the preferred hideaway for her and her lover

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during their love affair. A new wooden mansion designed by

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was built in Lille Dyrehave in 1770.

Later changes

Harsdorff's mansion was destroyed by fire in 1793. The Crown then sold the estate to

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, a Swedish mystic,

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, merchant who worked for the mystic society "The Enlightened of Avignon" on the commission of

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. He refurbished and expanded Krieger's old house with the assistance of Jørgen Henrich Rawert.

Recent history

American-Danish entertainer

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purchased the property in 1957. In 1960, he sold it to Haldor Topsøe who established a research centre in the buildings.

Architecture

The current house is a three-winged Neoclassical building. The architect is unknown. Krieger's original house from the 1720s was a tall, octagonal building with timber framing. It is still clearly visible as a rounded projection on the main wing. The complex was listed in 1918. The architectural firm Berten && Schewing was commissioned to make a masterplan for restoration and development of the buildings in 2010.

Owners

* (-1669) H. Ehm (kobbermølle) * (1670-1683) M. Friis * (17xx-17xx) Conrad Reventlow * (17xx-17xx)

Anna Sophie Reventlow Anne Sophie von Reventlow ( da, Anna Sophie; 16 April 1693 – 7 January 1743) was Queen of Denmark and Norway from 1721 to 1730 as the second wife of Frederick IV of Denmark and Norway. Early life Countess Anna Sophie von Reventlow was born in ...

* (17xx-1793)

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* (1793-1803) Carl Adolf Boheman * (1803-1813) W.B. Linstow * (1813-1840) Cecilie M. E. Schouw * (1840-1843) H. Outzen Bjørn * (1843-1846) J.L. Gottlieb * (1846-1875) Gertrudine Rieffestahl * (1875-1907) L. Castenschiold * (1907-1929) C.B. Thøgersen * (1929-1957) G.K. Schiørring * (1957-1960)

* (1960-) Haldor Topsøe

References

External links

{{Rudersdal Municipality 1793 establishments in Denmark Houses in Rudersdal Municipality Listed buildings and structures in Rudersdal Municipality Houses completed in 1793 Caroline Matilda of Great Britain Burned buildings and structures